The Auditing Section's 7th Annual Doctoral ConsortiumJanuary 12, 2006The Auditing Section's seventh annual doctoral consortium was held on January 12th in conjunction with the Section's 2006 Midyear Conference. The generous support of the KPMG Foundation makes the consortium possible. There were fifty attendees representing thirty-two universities. The unifying theme of the consortium was the "Chronology of a Project." The first session was a panel discussion; Andy Bailey (SEC), Gary Holstrum (PCAOB), and Ray Whittingham (ASB) helped participants recognize there is no shortage of interesting issues to study. In the second session Bill Kinney led a discussion on how one turns an observation into a research question. Then Linda McDaniel (behavioral experimental), Rachel Schwartz (analytical / experimental), and Jere Francis (archival) explored in their respective sessions how various methods can be used to answer a research question. The consortium concluded with a panel on sharing what is learned (AKA the publication process). Panelists Jane Kennedy, Bill Kinney, and Dan Simunic led a lively discussion. The consortium presentations are available for download at http://aaahq.org/audit/midyear/06midyear/2006AUD_DCmeetinginfo.htm. |
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